rfarren
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After this weeks thaw I expecting some pretty bad snow up north. Because I figured the snow would be equally bad about everywhere I decided to spend the weekend at my Uncles house in East Chatham NY. Nikki and I were sleep deprived so we slept in Saturday morning than rushing up to Hunter. The wind and cold seemed less than inviting so we sat the day out and just drove to my uncles. The next day we skied Jiminy in the morning. It was surprisingly decent. There were a few spots of glare, but most was edgeable pack, albeit not too soft, some granular conditions. It was darn cold though! A few lifts were protected from the wind and with the sun it was somewhat comfortable. I've never seen so much cover between the trails. Nikki had a huge breakthrough with her technique this weekend, "toes, knees, nose" really helped her. Her skis got closer together and her turns looked really good!
Today we woke up to 4-7 inches at my uncle's property. He is well tucked away on the side of a hill/mountain. His access road was pretty clogged up with snow, and with his steep hill I was stuck. So, we definitely weren't going to a mountain today for lift skiing. Instead, I went into the woods behind his house. There is about a 250 foot hill (north facing) behind his house with gladed terrain that is kept somewhat thin for deer hunting in the fall. I hiked up 3 times and skied down 3 times. Nikki snow shoed up, and broke the trail for me while a slowly made my way up (ski boots are heavy). Here are some of the pictures she took over the 3 hikes this afternoon (these photos are vertical on my computer but they are turned on this site?...):
Today we woke up to 4-7 inches at my uncle's property. He is well tucked away on the side of a hill/mountain. His access road was pretty clogged up with snow, and with his steep hill I was stuck. So, we definitely weren't going to a mountain today for lift skiing. Instead, I went into the woods behind his house. There is about a 250 foot hill (north facing) behind his house with gladed terrain that is kept somewhat thin for deer hunting in the fall. I hiked up 3 times and skied down 3 times. Nikki snow shoed up, and broke the trail for me while a slowly made my way up (ski boots are heavy). Here are some of the pictures she took over the 3 hikes this afternoon (these photos are vertical on my computer but they are turned on this site?...):